Cifrado winning the Spirit of Boom Classic on 13/5/2023
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EUREKA Stud
ureka Stud has been producing champions for over 85 years, and their current crop of Magic Millions graduates includes the $1m BRC Sires Gr2 winner Cifrado and stakes winning Sky On Fire and Malaboom, while last year’s draft have only just turned two producing Territory Ash who was beaten a nose on debut at Eagle Farm and the promising Barbie’s Sister. How would you sum up your 2024 draft?
“It is our usual sharp running draft specially selected to focus on Magic Millions. We have a lot of nice Spirit of Booms, his progeny keep getting better as he gets these nicer mares, and Encryption kicked off his career with a dual Gr2 winner in first crop so we are excited to offer more by him here,” said Harry McAlpine. What makes the Magic Millions sales and races special? “The culmination of the Queensland summer racing carnival which is exciting as we always have a lot of graduates running on Magic Millions race day, and then we come to the sales to sell the next crop for the following year’s races. It’s always good to watch them and see where they end up.” In 2024, Eureka Stud will present twenty-four yearlings including eleven by resident successful sire Spirit of Boom, and four by their emerging sire, Queensland’s Champion First Season Sire in 2022/23 Encryption. Encryption’s first crop, who have just turned three, include Gr2 winner Cifrado, sold by Eureka at this sale.
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An Encryption half-brother to stakes placed two year-old winner Maqsad, Lot 1277, is out of Moojeh (More Than Ready), a half-sister to seven-time Gr1 winner Grand Armee, and to the dam of Listed winner Dissolved. This is the family of Gr1 winners Anamoe, Anamato, and Drum. Lot 1305 is a half-brother to stakes placed two year-old winner Excused, out of USA stakes winner Pardon who is a daughter of Gr1 winner Furlough. Lot 1367 is a colt out of five-time city winner and stakes placed Sarisara, who is a half-sister to Gr3 winner Boomsara. Sarisara is a proven broodmare with three winners from her first four foals, with two of those still racing, so this is a pedigree on the move. Gr1 winner Spirit of Boom’s 23 stakes winners, led by Gr1 winner and now young sire Jonker, continue to show his own will-to-win. With eleven yearlings by him in the Eureka Stud draft, a few highlights on paper are five well-related fillies, led by a full sister to Gr3 winner Boomsara who has earned over $1.7million, Lot 27, is also a half-sister to five other winners, and her dam, Passara, is a half-sister to the dam of Gr3 winner Chapter and Verse. A half-sister to Gr3 winner Charge (Zoustar) is Lot 72, and her dam Queen of the Falls is winning half-sister to Gr2 winner and Gr1 placed Elite Falls. A half-sister to Eureka Stud sold two yearold Listed winner Sky on Fire, Lot 625, is the third foal of city winner Elusive Meteor (Northern Meteor) who is a daughter of Listed winner Golden Pedigree. Lot 673 is a half-sister to two stakes placed winners, out of winning mare Fitna (Fastnet Rock) who is closely related to Gr1 winner The Mission and Carry on Cutie.
